lusitanization.
The act or process of making Portuguese or more Portuguese-like.
Meaning & usage
The act or process of making Portuguese or more Portuguese-like.
The attempted lusitanization of Goa and Macao took place over centuries but was only ever partially successful.
The act or process of becoming Portuguese or more Portuguese-like.
The lusitanization of Brazil was accompanied by far higher levels of immigration than occurred in Angola or Mozambique.
Where this word comes from
From lusitanize + -ation, from Lusitanian + ize, ultimately from Latin Lusitania (“pre-Roman and Roman Portugal”), used archaistically in New Latin and English in reference to modern Portugal. Partially on the model of more common terms such as gallicization and partially as a calque of Portuguese lusitanización, from lusitanizar + -ación, from lusitano (“Lusitanian, Portuguese”) + -izar.
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